A FREE PUBLIC LECTURE BY ADA PALMER

The Paideia Institute is pleased to host a free public lecture on the process of recovering a lost classic in the Renaissance, examining how rare texts were acquired, multiplied, corrected, and distributed from 1350 into the many stages of the post-1450 print revolution (with live examples of Renaissance books to show), and also following the money, looking at new Renaissance ideas about the political utility of the classics which funded library-building and manuscript collection in an era when a single book could cost as much as a house.

This talk will be given by Ada Palmer: historian, author of science fiction and fantasy, and professor in the History Department at the University of Chicago. The talk is free and will take place online over Zoom.